Soldier used army knife to rob €300 from betting shop

A CASH-STRAPPED solider was quickly identified after he robbed a betting shop located next to Sarsfield Barracks where he was based, Limerick Circuit Court heard.

Three-star Private Alan O’Callaghan was arrested minutes later in a nearby pub after he ran from Bambury’s bookmakers shop in Wolfe Tone Street with e300 in cash.

He used his army knife to threaten a student working in the bookmakers, forcing her to hand over e300 from the cashbox.